Co- - Wiktionary

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"

English

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Etymology 1

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From Latin co-, allomorph of Latin con-.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: kōʹ
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ-/, /ˌkəʊ-/
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ-/, /ˌkoʊ-/
    • (Indic) IPA(key): /koː/, /ko/
    • (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ-/, [ˈkʌo-], /ˌkoʊ-/, [ˌkʌo-]
      • Audio (Milwaukee, Wisconsin):(file)
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkəʉ-/, /ˌkəʉ-/
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɐʉ-/, /ˌkɐʉ-/
  • (unstressed form) enPR: , IPA(key): /kɒ-/

Prefix

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co-

  1. Together: the root word is done co-incidently.
    1. Jointly: the root verb is done in coordination between multiple actors or entities coadoption is joint adoption, coadapt is to adapt together, coanalysis is analysis together
    2. Along with: the root verb is done along with or in addition to others. coassemble is to assemble along with others, coadhesion is adhesion along with another material, coadsorb is to be adsorbed along with another substance. Here there is not an indication of intentional coordination.
    3. Mutually: the root is done in a way that is reciprocal and bidirectional. coadherence is mutual adherence, coattraction is mutual attraction, coannihilate is to annihilate each other. Unlike the sense of jointly where it is done by both, this sense indicates it is being both to each other.
    4. Simultaneously, done or able to do at the same time. cobirthing is simultaneous bringing into being, cosexual is being able to simultaneously reproduce as both female and male, cocluster is a simultaneous cluster of rows and columns, coagglutination is the simultaneous agglutination of two or more proteins or antigens. This sense emphasizes the temporal aspect.
    5. Spatially located or positioned together, co-located. cocirculate is to circulate together, coarctate is arctated together, coattend is to attend together.
    6. In conjunction: the root needs another entity to take effect, or there is a one-way interaction between them. coantioxidant is a material that has antioxidant activity in the presence of another, codepletion is the depletion of one substance in conjunction with the depletion of another, comedication is a second medication used to alleviate the side-effects of another
    7. Moving or oriented in the same direction; co-directional. coflowing is flowing in the same direction, cocurrent is of or pertaining to flow in the same direction, coalign is to align together
    8. Gender-mixed; having men and women together for the root activity or location. co-corrections is the housing together of male and female prisoners, co-educate is to educate children of both sexes together
  2. Having commonality, similarity with respect to the root. coaxial is having a common central axis, cobelligerent is country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal treaty of military alliance, coaltitude is the same altitude as that of another aircraft
    1. Coequal, equal in rank. coadministrator is a joint administrator, coassessor is a joint assessor, cocaptain is a joint captain
    2. Indicating a family relationship that indicates a common rank made through three degrees of separation, the middle of which is by marriage. co-sister is one's spouse's sibling's wife, co-parent-in-law is a parent of one's child-in-law; co-husband is in a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man’s wife
    3. Equally, equal with respect to the root. cointense is equal in intensity, codominant is equally dominant, coextension is being equally extended
    4. During the same time period as the root. coseasonal is during a season, coseismic is during an earthquake, cotemporality is the state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time
  3. (mathematics) Complementary in some formal manner.
    1. The difference from some fixed quantity. coaltitude is the complement of an altitude, colatitude is the difference between a latitude and 90°.
    2. Dual, relating to the opposite category. cocategory is the dual of a category, colimit is the dual of a limit, cocone is the dual of a cone, coalgebra is the dual of an algebra.
  4. Having multiple targets or effects; the root affects or involves multiple subjects. coaccused is one of two or more people accused of the same offence, coaccumulation is the accumulation of two or more materials at the same time, coadsorption is the adsorption of multiple substances at the same time
  5. Secondary or auxiliary in rank or priority. copilot is a backup or assistant pilot of an aircraft, coabuser is someone who collaborates with or refrains from interfering with an abuser in perpetrating abuse, cofeature is an auxiliary or secondary feature, coname is a secondary name
  6. (biochemistry) Referring to coenzymes. coglucosidase is a coenzyme that activates a glucosidase, coprotease is a protease coenzyme, codehydrogenase is any dehydrogenase coenzyme
  7. (organic chemistry) Referring to copolymers. codimer is any dimeric copolymer, copolypeptide is any polypeptide that is a copolymer, comonomer is any of a group of monomers that, when polymerized, form a copolymer
  8. (chemistry) Deriving from multiple sources. copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer, cointercalation is the intercalation of two or more materials, coconformation is the joint conformation of two, interacting molecules, especially that of a rotaxane
Usage notes
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  • With many terms, a hyphen (-) is used in British English, and is omitted in American English.
Synonyms
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  • (together): con-/com-/col-/cor-, syn-/syl-/sym-, inter-
Derived terms
[edit] English terms prefixed with co- coabuse coabuser coacceptor coaccretion coaccumulation coaccused co-act coact coaction coactivate coactivated coactivation coactivator coactivatory coactive coactivity coactor coactualization coadunition coadapt co-adaptation coadaptational coadapted coadaptive coadd coadded coaddict coaddition coaddressee coadequate coadherence coadhesion coadhesive coadjacence coadjacency coadjacent coadjoint coadjument coadjust coadjustment coadjutant coadjute coadjuting coadjutor coadjuvancy coadjuvant coadminister coadministered coadministrate coadministration coadministrator coadministratrix coadmit coadmittance coadoption coadoration coadsorb coadsorbent coadsorption coadventure coadventurer co-affine coafforest coagency coagent coagglutinate coagglutination coaggregate coaggregation coagitator coagonism co-agonist coagonist coagroinfiltrated coagroinfiltration coalgebra cogebra coalgebraic coalign coalignment coally coalternate coalternative coaltitude coambassador coamoeba coamplifiable coamplification coamplified coamplify coanalgesic coanalysis coanalytic coanalyze coancestry coanchor coannihilate coannihilation coantioxidant coapparition coappear coappearance coapplication coapply coapprentice coaration coarbiter coarbitrator coarchitect coarea coarrange coarray coarticulate coarticulation coarticulatory coassemble coassembly coassessor coassignee coassist coassistance coassociation coassociative coassociativity coassociator coassume coatomic coattend coattest coattestation coattraction coauditor coaugmentation co-aunt co-author coauthor coauthorial coauthority coauthorship coawareness coaxial coaxis co-bed cobelief co-believer cobeliever cobelligerent co-benefit cobenefit cobinding cobirthing cobishop cobless coboard cobombardment cobound coboundary cobraided cobrand co-branding cobreeding co-brother co-brother-in-law cobuild cocaptain cocaptaincy cocapture cocarcinogen cocarcinogenesis cocarcinogenic cocatalysis cocatalyst cocatalytic cocatalyzed cocategory co-cathedral cocause cocelebrant cocenter cocentric co-CEO cochain co-chair cochair cochairman cochairperson cochairwoman cochampion cochannel cochaperone cochaperonin cocharacter co-chief cochief cochromatograph cochromatographic cochromatography cocircuit cocircular cocircularity terms derived from jointly
  • coact
  • coaction
  • coactivation
  • coactive
  • coactivity
  • coactualization
  • coadapt
  • coaddict
  • coadministrate
  • coadmit
  • coadoption
  • coadventure
  • coaggregation
  • coalignment
  • coanalysis
  • coanalyze
  • coanchor
  • coappearance
  • coapplication
  • coaration
  • coarctate
  • coassist
  • coassistance
  • coassume
  • coattest
  • coattestation
  • coawareness
  • cocaptain
  • co-chair
  • cochair
  • cocompose
  • cocomposer
  • cocomposition
  • coconscious
  • coconspire
  • coconstitute
  • coconstrain
  • coconstruct
  • coconstructive
  • cocreate
  • cocreation
  • cocreative
  • co-credit
  • cocurate
  • cocuration
  • codebtor
  • codebug
  • codefine
  • codesign
  • codetermine
  • codevelop
  • codevelopment
  • codirect
  • codirection
  • codiscover
  • codiscoverer
  • codiverge
  • codivergent
  • codominant
  • codominated
  • codrive
  • coedit
  • coeffect
  • coefficacy
  • coefficiency
  • coemperor
  • coenact
  • coencapsidate
  • coestablishment
  • coestimated
  • coeternal
  • coevolution
  • co-evolve
  • coexpansion
  • coexperience
  • coextinct
  • cofacilitate
  • cofacilitation
  • cofinance
  • co-fire
  • cofractionate
  • cofractionated
  • co-fund
  • cofunded
  • cogeneration
  • cogenerative
  • cogrowth
  • coguarantor
  • coguardian
  • cohead
  • coheadline
  • coheadliner
  • co-host
  • cohost
  • coimmunofluorescence
  • coimperium
  • coincubate
  • coinfect
  • coinfluence
  • coingest
  • coinheritance
  • coinhibition
  • coinquirer
  • coinstall
  • coinstantiate
  • coinsurance
  • coinsure
  • coinsurer
  • coinvasion
  • coinvent
  • coinvention
  • coinventor
  • coinvest
  • coinvestigate
  • coinvestigation
  • coinvestment
  • cojoin
  • colanguage
  • colead
  • colessor
  • colicense
  • colimitation
  • comanage
  • comanagement
  • co-meddled
  • comembership
  • comodulate
  • comodulation
  • conominee
  • co-official
  • coordinance
  • co-own
  • co-ownership
  • co-parent
  • coparticipate
  • coparticipation
  • copartner
  • copay
  • cophenetic
  • coplot
  • copoiesis
  • copractitioner
  • coprecipitant
  • copreservation
  • coprimacy
  • coprincipality
  • coproduce
  • coproducer
  • copropagation
  • coprosperity
  • copublication
  • copublish
  • corear
  • coredeem
  • coredemption
  • coregulator
  • coreign
  • corelease
  • coreport
  • coreporter
  • corequirement
  • coresident
  • co-responsibility
  • co-responsible
  • corotation
  • coscreenplay
  • coscreenwriter
  • coscript
  • cosentient
  • cosign
  • cosignatory
  • co-sounding
  • cosovereignty
  • cospecialize
  • cosponsor
  • cosponsorship
  • costatement
  • cosupervise
  • cosupervision
  • cosurety
  • cotenancy
  • cotenure
  • cotillage
  • cotranslate
  • cotranslation
  • cotutelage
  • counite
  • covolatility
terms derived from with
  • coactivated
  • coadded
  • coaddition
  • coadhesion
  • coadhesive
  • coadminister
  • coadministered
  • coadministrate
  • coadsorb
  • coaggregate
  • co-agonist
  • coagroinfiltrated
  • coamplification
  • coapply
  • coassemble
  • coauthor
  • cobelligerent
  • cobless
  • coboard
  • cobound
  • co-branding
  • cobuild
  • cocite
  • co-conspirator
  • cocultivate
  • cocurricular
  • codeleted
  • codenaturated
  • codenaturation
  • codenature
  • codepleted
  • codeposit
  • codissolve
  • codistributed
  • codominate
  • codoped
  • codoping
  • coelevated
  • coemergence
  • coencapsulate
  • coendemic
  • co-endure
  • coevolve
  • coexhibit
  • coexport
  • coexpress
  • coextend
  • coextrude
  • co-feed
  • cofeed
  • cofiltered
  • cofluctuate
  • coformulated
  • cofostered
  • cofound
  • cogovern
  • coharbour
  • cohemolytic
  • cohybridize
  • coimmobilisation
  • coimmunofluorescent
  • coimmunopurify
  • coimplantation
  • coimpregnated
  • coincorporation
  • coinduce
  • coinfectant
  • coinfective
  • coinfiltrate
  • coinfiltration
  • coinfuse
  • coinherit
  • coinhibit
  • coinhibitor
  • coinhibitory
  • coinoculate
  • coinstantiation
  • cointegrant
  • cointernalize
  • cointernalized
  • cointroduce
  • coinvade
  • coisolate
  • coisolation
  • colabel
  • colegislate
  • colimit
  • colinearize
  • comanufacture
  • comitogenic
  • comodified
  • cooccupy
  • coordain
  • coossified
  • coossify
  • copanellist
  • coparalogous
  • copassenger
  • copathogenesis
  • copathology
  • coplayer
  • copolymerized
  • coprescribe
  • copresent
  • coregistered
  • coregistrated
  • coregulate
  • corepress
  • coresistant
  • corotate
  • cosecreted
  • cosedimentation
  • coseeded
  • cosegregate
  • cosegregated
  • coshift
  • cosonicate
  • cospeciate
  • co-speech
  • costimulant
  • costratification
  • cosynthesized
  • coteach
  • coterminate
  • coterminated
  • cotest
  • cotext
  • cotransduce
  • cotransduced
  • cotransfect
  • cotransferred
  • cotranslocate
  • cotranslocation
  • cotransmission
  • cotransmit
  • cotravel
  • covary
  • coventilated
  • coverbal
  • cowrite
terms derived from coequal
  • coactor
  • coaddressee
  • coadministration
  • coadministrator
  • coally
  • coambassador
  • coanchor
  • coarbitrator
  • coarchitect
  • coassessor
  • coassignee
  • coauditor
  • co-aunt
  • coauthor
  • coauthorship
  • cobishop
  • cocaptain
  • cocaptaincy
  • co-CEO
  • cochair
  • cochairman
  • cochairperson
  • cochairwoman
  • cochampion
  • cochief
  • co-commander
  • cocommentator
  • coconstruction
  • coconsul
  • cocounsel
  • cocreator
  • cocurator
  • codesigner
  • codeveloper
  • codictatorship
  • codirector
  • codrawer
  • coeditor
  • coestate
  • coexecutant
  • coexecutor
  • coexecutrix
  • cofacilitator
  • co-father
  • cofavorite
  • cofeoffee
  • cofilmmaker
  • cofounder
  • cogovernor
  • cohead
  • coheir
  • coheiress
  • coherald
  • coheritor
  • coholder
  • cohost
  • co-host
  • cohostess
  • coinheritor
  • coinmate
  • coinventorship
  • coinvestigator
  • coinvestor
  • colaborer
  • colead
  • coleader
  • colecturer
  • colegatee
  • colessee
  • co-linguist
  • comanager
  • comediator
  • comortgagee
  • cooperator
  • coorganizer
  • co-owner
  • copacker
  • coparcenary
  • copartaker
  • coparticipant
  • copartisan
  • copartner
  • copartnership
  • copastor
  • copatentee
  • copatriot
  • copatron
  • copayer
  • copetitioner
  • copresenter
  • copresident
  • coprince
  • coprincipal
  • coprisoner
  • copromoter
  • coproprietor
  • coprotagonist
  • copublisher
  • copurchaser
  • corecipient
  • coredeemer
  • coredemptress
  • coredemptrix
  • coregent
  • coregnant
  • coregulator
  • co-religionary
  • co-religionist
  • coresearcher
  • coruler
  • coscenarist
  • co-scripter
  • cosettler
  • cosigner
  • cosleeper
  • cosovereign
  • cosponsor
  • co-spy
  • costar
  • cosupervisor
  • cosustainer
  • coteacher
  • cotitular
  • cotortfeasor
  • cotraitor
  • cotranslator
  • cotrustee
  • cotutor
  • co-uncle
  • covaledictorian
  • covisitor
  • cowinner
  • coworker
  • cowriter
terms derived from simultaneous
  • coagglutination
  • coarticulate
  • cobinding
  • cobirthing
  • cobreeding
  • cochromatography
  • cocirculation
  • co-citation
  • cocluster
  • coclustering
  • cocolonization
  • cocondensation
  • coconsumption
  • cocontraction
  • coconversion
  • cocrystallization
  • cocrystallize
  • cocultivation
  • codeletion
  • codelivery
  • codeposition
  • codetect
  • codetection
  • codigestion
  • codispersal
  • codisplay
  • codistillation
  • codistribution
  • codiversification
  • codiversify
  • codopant
  • coedition
  • coelectroporation
  • coelution
  • coenrich
  • coenrichment
  • coestimation
  • coevaluate
  • coexistent
  • coexpose
  • coexposure
  • coexpression
  • coextensive
  • coextinction
  • coextraction
  • coextrusion
  • cofermentation
  • coflowering
  • cofluctuation
  • cofound
  • cogenerate
  • cogeneration
  • cogenerative
  • cogenerator
  • cogenesis
  • coimmunolabel
  • coimmunolocalization
  • coimmunoprecipitation
  • coimmunoreactivity
  • coimmunostaining
  • coincidental
  • coinduction
  • coinfected
  • coinfection
  • coinjected
  • coinoculation
  • cointroduction
  • coinversion
  • colocalize
  • co-locate
  • comigration
  • comilling
  • comobilization
  • comorbid
  • comorbidity
  • conatal
  • co-occur
  • cooxidation
  • cophylogenetic
  • cophylogeny
  • coproduct
  • copurify
  • corecognition
  • corecruit
  • corecruitment
  • coregistration
  • coregulated
  • coregulation
  • coresistance
  • cosecretion
  • coseismal
  • coselection
  • cosensitization
  • cosexual
  • cosimulation
  • cosuppression
  • cosynthesis
  • cotargeting
  • cotemporal
  • coterminal
  • cotherapy
  • cothymia
  • cotranscribe
  • cotranscription
  • cotransduction
  • cotransfection
  • cotransformation
  • cotranslation
  • cotranslational
  • cotransmitter
  • cotransplant
  • cotransport
  • cotreat
  • cotreatment
  • cotunneling
  • covisualization
terms derived from commonality
  • coadventurer
  • coagency
  • coaltitude
  • coaxial
  • co-bed
  • co-believer
  • cobelligerent
  • cocelebrant
  • cocircular
  • cocitizen
  • cocultural
  • cocyclomatic
  • codefendant
  • codirectional
  • coequal
  • coessential
  • coethnic
  • coeval
  • cofamilial
  • cogenetic
  • coindex
  • coindicant
  • coinstantaneous
  • coinstantiated
  • coislander
  • coisotropic
  • cojuror
  • colingual
  • co-locate
  • comagmatic
  • comeasurable
  • comember
  • comeronym
  • comeronymous
  • comovement
  • co-opinionist
  • coorbital
  • coöriginal
  • copack
  • coplaintiff
  • coplanar
  • copunctal
  • copunctual
  • coradicate
  • corefer
  • coreference
  • coreferent
  • coreferential
  • corotational
  • cosentential
  • cosignificative
  • cosingular
  • cosleep
  • cosolute
  • costraight
  • costructure
  • covillager
  • noncoreferential
terms derived from dual
  • coadjoint
  • coalgebra
  • coaltitude
  • coanalytic
  • coarea
  • coassociative
  • coassociativity
  • cocategory
  • cocenter
  • cocharacter
  • cocircuit
  • coclique
  • coclosed
  • cocoloring
  • cocone
  • coconform
  • codimension
  • codual
  • coend
  • coequalizer
  • cofinite
  • cofree
  • cofunction
  • cograph
  • cogroup
  • cohomotopy
  • cohyponormal
  • coimage
  • cokernel
  • colatitude
  • colimit
  • coline
  • comass
  • comeagre
  • comodernism
  • comodule
  • comonad
  • comonoid
  • conatural
  • conorm
  • conull
  • coorbit
  • coplane
  • copoint
  • copower
  • copresheaf
  • coquasitriangular
  • corecursion
  • coreflective
  • corelation
  • coresolution
  • coring
  • cosemisimple
  • cosheaf
  • cosimplex
  • cospan
  • cotilting
  • cotranslation
  • counimodular
terms derived from mutually
  • co-adaptation
  • coadherence
  • coadjacent
  • coadjument
  • coadjust
  • coadjustment
  • coadjutant
  • coadjuting
  • coadjuvancy
  • coadoration
  • coalternate
  • coannihilate
  • coannihilation
  • coassociation
  • coattraction
  • cocatalyst
  • cocounsel
  • codefine
  • codeformational
  • co-dependent
  • codivergence
  • coequate
  • coequilibration
  • coevolutive
  • coexchangeable
  • coexistence
  • cofolding
  • co-fusion
  • coimmunoprecipitate
  • coinitiator
  • co-IVF
  • comimetic
  • coorientation
  • coprevalence
  • coreachable
  • coregulation
  • corepression
  • corespective
  • counion
  • co-vilification
terms derived from multiple
  • coabuse
  • coaccumulation
  • coaccused
  • coadsorb
  • coadsorption
  • coamplify
  • cobombardment
  • cocapture
  • cocatalyzed
  • cochannel
  • cocladogenesis
  • coculture
  • codeliver
  • codigest
  • codominant
  • coendocytosis
  • coimmunization
  • coimmunize
  • coimmunostain
  • coimmunostaining
  • coincubation
  • coingestion
  • coinjection
  • colexification
  • colexify
  • coloaded
  • comajor
  • cooverexpression
  • coprescription
  • coprocessing
  • cosegmentation
  • costain
  • costaining
  • costructure
  • coteach
  • cotransplantation
  • covitrification
terms derived from colocated
  • coappear
  • coarctate
  • coattend
  • cocirculate
  • coculture
  • coextensive
  • cofilament
  • co-host
  • cohost
  • cohouse
  • cohoused
  • coinhabit
  • coinhabitant
  • cointer
  • colayered
  • coliving
  • colocalize
  • co-location
  • cooccupancy
  • copathogen
  • copolar
  • coreside
  • coresidence
  • coresident
  • cosediment
  • co-sleeping
  • cospatial
  • coworking
terms derived from inconjunction
  • coadapted
  • coadsorbent
  • coanalgesic
  • coantioxidant
  • coarticulate
  • cobenefit
  • cocarcinogen
  • cocarcinogenesis
  • co-decision
  • codepletion
  • codrug
  • coenzyme
  • coessential
  • coextract
  • colegislator
  • colethal
  • comedication
  • cometabolism
  • comorbidity
  • conutrient
  • cooxidant
  • co-pattern
  • corequisite
  • cosolvent
  • co-stimulation
  • costimulator
terms derived from marriage
  • co-affine
  • co-aunt
  • co-brother
  • co-brother-in-law
  • co-father-in-law
  • co-grandfather
  • co-grandmother
  • co-grandparent
  • co-husband
  • co-in-law
  • co-mother-in-law
  • co-parent-in-law
  • co-sibling-in-law
  • co-sister
  • co-sister-in-law
  • cotwin
  • co-uncle
  • co-wife
terms derived from secondary
  • coabuser
  • coagent
  • codriver
  • co-father
  • cofeature
  • coinstaller
  • coname
  • copilot
  • coprocess
  • cosign
  • costar
  • cosysop
  • cowalker
terms derived from codirection
  • coalign
  • coarctation
  • cocurrent
  • codistribute
  • coemerge
  • coexpand
  • coflowing
  • colaminar
  • comigrate
  • comove
  • copropagating
terms derived from coenzyme
  • codehydrogenase
  • coenzymic
  • cofactor
  • coferment
  • coglucosidase
  • colipase
  • coprotease
  • cosubstrate
terms derived from copolymer
  • codimer
  • coglycolide
  • comonomer
  • copolyester
  • copolyimide
  • copolymerase
  • copolymerizable
  • copolymerize
  • copolypeptide
terms derived from multifactorial
  • coconformation
  • cocrystal
  • cointercalation
  • copolymer
  • copurification
  • coreactant
  • cotrimerization
terms derived from equally
  • codominance
  • codominant
  • coeternity
  • coextension
  • cointense
terms derived from gender
  • co-corrections
  • co-educate
  • coeducation
  • Co-Freemasonry
  • cogender
terms derived from during
  • coseasonal
  • coseismic
  • cotemporality
Translations
[edit] together, mutually, jointly
  • Asturian: co-
  • Catalan: co- (ca)
  • Czech: spolu- (cs), sou- (cs)
  • Danish: sam-
  • Dutch: mede-
  • Esperanto: kun-
  • Finnish: yhteis-
  • French: co- (fr)
  • Galician: co- (gl)
  • Georgian: თანა- (tana-)
  • German: ko- (de), mit- (de)
  • Hindi: सम्- (sam-), सं- (sã-), हम- (ham-)
  • Ido: kun-
  • Indonesian: ko-
  • Irish: comh-
  • Italian: co-
  • Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hev- (ku)
  • Latin: co-
  • Low German: German Low German: met- (nds) (Münsterland), mit- (nds) (Northern Germany)
  • North Frisian: mä- (Föhr)
  • Norwegian: sam- (no)
  • Persian: همـ (fa) (ham-)
  • Polish: współ- (pl)
  • Portuguese: co- (pt)
  • Russian: со- (ru) (so-), ко- (ru) (ko-), взаимо- (ru) (vzaimo-)
  • Sanskrit: सम्- (sam-), सं- (saṃ-)
  • Serbo-Croatian: sa-, su-
  • Spanish: co- (es)
  • Swedish: ko- (sv), med- (sv)
  • Tagalog: ka-
  • Tigrinya: ብሓባር- (bəḥabar-)
  • Urdu: ہمـ (ur) (ham-)

Further reading

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  • “co-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “co-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “co-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms

Etymology 2

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Initialism of class of.

Prefix

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co-

  1. (informal) Initialism of class of. Directly precedes a full or abbreviated year. Alternative form: CO- Class of 2025 (co25) Graduation Information
See also
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  • school class

Anagrams

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  • Oc, O. C., oc, Oc., O.C., OC

Catalan

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Alternative forms

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  • com-, con-

Etymology

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From Latin co-.

Prefix

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co-

  1. co- (together; jointly)

Derived terms

[edit] Catalan terms prefixed with co- coautor coenzim coexistir cofundador col·legatari comarca cooficial copilot coprocessador coproducció coproduir cosecant cosinus cotangent

Further reading

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  • “co-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
  • “co-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
  • “co-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin co-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koː/

Prefix

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co-

  1. co-

Usage notes

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  • Most words containing this prefix were not formed in Dutch and instead represent borrowings and internationalisms.

Derived terms

[edit] Dutch terms prefixed with co- coauteur co-enzym copiloot coproductie covalentie

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ko/, /kɔ/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Prefix

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co-

  1. co- (together; jointly)

Derived terms

[edit] French terms prefixed with co- coaccusé coactionnaire coauteur coauteure coautrice cobelligérance cobelligérant cocathédrale cocontractant cocuisson cocuit cocyclique cocyclomatique codébiteur codécouvreur codétenir codétenu codiffusion codirecteur codirection codirectrice codiriger cododo codomaine coécrire coéditeur coefficient coéquipier coévolution coexistence coexister cofacteur cofinalité cofinancement cofondateur cofonder cofrittage cofritté cogénération cogérer cogestion cogroupe cohabitation coïnculpé coïntéressé collatéral colibrettiste colinéaire colinéarité collinéation colistier colocataire colocation cologarithme coméronyme coofficiel coparent copilotage copilote copiloter coplanaire coplanarité copolymère copolymériser coprécipitation coprécipiter coproducteur coproduction coproduire coproduit copropriétaire copropriété corégence corégent coreligionnaire coresponsabilité coresponsable cosaisine cosaisir coscénariste coseigneur coseigneurial cosignataire cosigner cotitulaire cotutelle covoiturage

German

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Prefix

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co-

  1. alternative form of ko-

Italian

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Prefix

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co-

  1. co-

Derived terms

[edit] Italian terms prefixed with co- coaffittuario coassiale coassicuratore coassicurazione coautrice codecidere codecisione codeterminazione codipendente codipendenza codocente codominanza coeditare coeditore coeducazione coenzima coesecutore coessenziale coestensivo coeterno cofinanziare cofirmare cofirmatario cofondare cogarante cogaranzia cogenerativo cogeneratore cogerente cogestionale cogestire coincenerimento coinquilino cointeressare cointeressenza cointestare cointestatario cointestazione colatitudine cologaritmo colloquio comorbidità comorbilità coobbligato cooccorrenza co-orbitale coorbitale coorganizzatore copatrono copolimero coprecipitazione copresidente copresidenza coprocessore coprodurre coprotagonista corradicale coreggente coregnante coregolatore corepressore corresponsabile corresponsabilità corresponsabilizzare corotazionale cosecante cosinusoidale cotitolare cotrasportatore cotrasporto coubicazione coufficiale couso coutente coutenza covalente covalenza covariante

Latin

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Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ko]

Prefix

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co-

  1. allomorph of con-

Usage notes

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Used before vowels and h, but not the consonants /j/ and /w/.

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish com-.

Prefix

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co-

  1. co-

Derived terms

[edit] Manx terms prefixed with co- co-ard co-ayrn co-vraarys co-vree covreeoil co-vreneen covroojagh covroojid co-aggys co-ockle co-reggyr colhiabbagh coliauyr co-lhinnagh colinney coloayr co-oardee co-obbree co-obbragh co-obbyr coraa co-reih coreir co-screeu co-stiurey co-streeu cohrome

Mutation

[edit] Mutation of co-
radical lenition eclipsis
co- cho- go-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “com-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

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Etymology

[edit] Etymology treeProto-Indo-European *kʷ-Proto-Indo-European *kʷísProto-Indo-European *kʷídder.Proto-Slavic *česoOld Polish czsoPolish coPolish co-

From co.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡sɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes:
  • Syllabification: co-
  • Homophone: co

Prefix

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co-

  1. forms adjectives and adverbs specifying how often something happens: -ly co- + ‎dzienny → ‎codzienny (daily) co- + ‎godzinny → ‎cogodzinny (hourly) co- + ‎miesięczny → ‎comiesięczny (monthly) co- + ‎roczny → ‎coroczny (yearly)

Derived terms

[edit] Polish terms prefixed with co- codzienny cogodzinny comiesięczny coroczny cotygodniowy

Further reading

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  • co- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin co-.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku/

Prefix

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co-

  1. co-

Usage notes

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The prefix co- only takes a hyphen when attached to words starting with h. Even so, the h may be alternatively lost. Compare coerdeiro and co-herdeiro.

Derived terms

[edit] Portuguese terms prefixed with co- coadjuvante coadoção coadunar coagir coexistir cofator co-herdeiro co-hipónimo coincidência coincidir coinquinar coprocessador correção corresponsabilidade corresponsável corréu cossecante cosseno cotangente covariante conviver

Further reading

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  • “co-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  • “co-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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  • comh-

Etymology

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From Old Irish com-.

Prefix

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co-

  1. Usually (but not always) designates mutuality or reciprocity.

Derived terms

[edit] Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with co- co-aimsireil co-amail co-aois co-aoiseach comhaois co-aonaich co-aontaich co-bhanntachd comh-bhràthaireil co-cheòl cachaileith co-chomharra co-chothrom co-chur coimhearp co-fhaclair co-fhaireachdainn co-fharpais co-fharpaiseach co-fharpaisiche co-fhlaitheas co-fhuaim co-ghnèitheach co-ghnìomhair còmhla co-là-breith co-mhalairteach co-mhaoineach co-mhaoineas co-naisg co-ogha co-òrdaich com-pàirteachas còmhradh co-roinn comh-rùn co-sheirm co-sheòrsach co-sheòrsachd comh-shnìomh còmhstri co-theacsa coitheanal co-thoinnte cothrom co-thuiteamas

References

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  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “com-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin co-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ko/ [ko]
  • Syllabification: co-

Prefix

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co-

  1. co-

Derived terms

[edit] Spanish terms prefixed with co- coacreditar coactuar coacusado coagente coanfitrión coanimador coanimar coasegurador coaseguro coauspiciador coauspiciar coautor cocapital cocapitalidad coadyuvar coconducir coconductor cocono coconsagrante cotrimoxazol cocreador cocrear cocurador codefensor codesarrollador codesarrollar codescubridor codescubrir codeudor codirección codirector codirigir codiseñar codueño coecualizar coedición coeditar coeducador coejecutivo coemperador coenzima coescribir coescritor coesposa coesposo coestrella coestructurar coeterno coevolucionar coexistencia coexistente coexistir cofabricar cofinanciar cofundador cofundar cogestión cogobernador cogobernante cogobernar cogobierno coguionista cohabitación coheredero coideario coinfectar coinvestigador colateral coliderar colindante colindar colineal colocutor columbrar comanejo comarca comórbido connacional coocurrencia cooficial cooperar coorganizador coorganizar copago coparticipación copartícipe copatrocinador copatrón coplanario coportavoz copresentador copresentar copresidente copresidir copríncipe coprocesado coprocesador coproducir coproductor copropiedad copropietario coprotagonista coprotagonizar correceptor corredactor correspectivo corresponsabilidad corresponsabilizar corresponsable correy cosecante cosecretario cosoberanía cotransportador covariante

Further reading

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  • “co-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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